Michelle Rosenberger Partner ArchEcology LEEDuser Premium Member 522 thumbs up October 28, 2020- 2:44 pm Hi Courtney, I'll bet you get lots of answers to this one. It's been a significant...

We have an industrial plant where the process loads are assumed to be, say, 98% of all building energy use. Therefore, even if the non-process building portion was Net Zero Energy, we would not meet the minimum LEED-NC 2009 prerequisite of 10% energy reduction. However, the process equipment specified appears to be new and with exceptional energy performance over traditional equipment. The Question: Can we meet the prerequisite (and maybe get points) by demonstrating a 10% (or better) energy improvement primarily through process load savings? This would employ the Exceptional Calculation Method. Assume...

huge cost implications and the credit information is unclear as to what is required. NIBS Guideline 3 is a bit jumbled and, while it has a lot of potential information, is neither clear nor helpful the way it is currently written. How do we get 'bottom line' input regarding what is required? Based on NIBS G3 it sounds like either mockup or in-place testing is acceptable. What testing...

pm I very much understand the struggle of Yusuf. We are certifying a lot of buildings in Europe, which are usually not cooled and only natural ventilated. They do not add cooling later nor to they add...

Hi LEED users! We had a thread in this forum back in 2022 about Option 2 Path 1, with a lot of good ideas for how to potentially earn the credit. But I don't think we ever had an update on whether any of them got implemented or went through LEED review. Anyone have experience to share? What did your project do, how did you document it, and did you submit for review? Would love to get some real-life examples to help future project teams.  LTc3 ...

they simply need to be where the wiring is.  I don't know for sure that a reviewer won't give someone a hard time for excluding a subset of occupants (like if you had zero chargers in the hotel...

agree with Emily. As long as the route is in line with the direction of travel, it should be fine to work with. The LEED requirement is to place a permanent entryway system in the primary direction...

Dave Hubka Practice Leader- Sustainability EUA LEEDuser Expert 530 thumbs up March 9, 2024- 11:42 pm It is recommended to provide a narrative to explain the unique scenario and provide a refrigerant calc with zero ODP/GWP.  Also might help to upload the product submittal to support your narrative and calcs. Log in or register to post comments ...

It seems that many credits no longer ask for any backup to be uploaded. Including this one. This lack makes us uncomfortable because we've always uploaded plans sheets. How would they review this credit without seeing any submeters? Are others still uploading documents that they are not asking for? Or is this kind of thing part of stream lining the documentation, and we don't need to spend time doing that? WEc4 ...

that verifies a sufficient variety and quantity of plants can be established. Otherwise, we might need input from the review department or possibly a CIR to determine whether a lined pond that is not used...